1 | 2 Teams in debate: Malaya 2 (OG) UVIC 1 (OO) ACG 1 (CG) UPM 1 (CO) | 1 | | | Harmen de JongⒸ , Gabriel Guia , Meg Kandarpa | TH, as South Korea, would aim to significantly increase its cross-border economic cooperation with North Korea |
2 | 3 Teams in debate: KU 1 (OG) FGV 1 (OO) Malaya 2 (CG) Team 1295 (CO) | 3 | | | Katherine HarrisⒸ , Anum Naseer , Osborn Agyei | THW ban social media companies from independently deplatforming politicians |
3 | 1 Teams in debate: KNU 1 (OG) Malaya 2 (OO) NUL (CG) NLUD A (CO) | 3 | | | Roy SchulmanⒸ , Bernardo Lacastagneratte , Sofia Chavez | TH prefers environmental movements heavily prioritizing a local agenda over a global one (e.g., focusing on local pollution rather than climate change) |
4 | 3 Teams in debate: UNRI 2 (OG) EDS 2 (OO) PUP 1 (CG) Malaya 2 (CO) | 5 | | | Daria ChillⒸ , Hillary Monroe-Simmons , Shmuel Satat | TH opposes the glorification of professional e-sports players |
5 | 3 Teams in debate: Indonesia 3 (OG) HWS B (OO) Malaya 2 (CG) De La Salle 3 (CO) | 7 | | | Ryosuke YoshidaⒸ , Leslie Douglas , Muhammad Bakhtiar | TH opposes the general approach of companies to grow by massively sacrificing short-term profitability with the hope of gaining a large portion of the market*
*e.g. the original business model of companies such as Uber or Amazon |
6 | 3 Teams in debate: UPT 1 (OG) Team 1120 (OO) PU 1 (CG) Malaya 2 (CO) | 9 | | | Aodh Ó LaoideⒸ , Afia Foriwaa , Ethan Franz Cueva | THBT it is in the interest of the Catholic church to officially recognize Folk Saints |
7 | 2 Teams in debate: Malaya 2 (OG) President A (OO) FEU A (CG) EDS 2 (CO) | 10 | | | Emily FrizellⒸ , Naman Gupta , Sneha Verma | THBT pursuing strong expansionist policies* in the Arctic region is in the Russian interest
*Including but not limited to: building artificial islands in order to claim additional territory, trying to significantly limit foreign presence, stationing warships and troops |
8 | 3 Teams in debate: UCL A (OG) Malaya 2 (OO) Belgrade B (CG) UT MARA A (CO) | 12 | | | Eric KazadiⒸ , Jacky Chai , Lydia Vlasto | TH opposes the academisation* of social justice movements
*The increasingly significant presence of academics and academic terminology, processes and structures in many parts of the world |
9 | 1 Teams in debate: TEC CEM 1 (OG) IBA-DU 2 (OO) UAA1 (CG) Malaya 2 (CO) | 12 | | | Noluthando HononoⒸ , Eyal Horowitz , JJ Pine | THBT states should classify organized crime syndicates as terrorist groups*
*classification as a terrorist group would legally allow law enforcement to pursue tactics such as targeted extra-judicial killings, reducing barriers to law enforcement gathering evidence, using military forces, criminalizing membership, etc |